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Article: Mount Prospect man charged with sexual abuse Police say 21- year-old met teen on MySpace.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2006
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Byline: Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff Writer
A 21-year-old Mount Prospect man was ordered held on $140,000 bond Saturday on charges he had sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl he met on the teen popular Web site MySpace.
Thomas B. Zuffante, of 3 S. Elm St., is charged with felony aggravated criminal sexual abuse and manufacturing child pornography. Police allege Zuffante also posted nude pictures of the girl and himself on the Internet.
Mount Prospect police first came across Zuffante while surfing MySpace for child predators May 26, and they noticed communications between the 21-year-old and the 15-year-old, Cook County assistant state's ...